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Stephen Pesicek works with the
Promethium board in Lisa Welch’s kindergarten class
recently at Wales Elementary School. Promethium boards are
just one example of advances in technology that are
revolutionizing student learning in the classroom.
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WALES - About three weeks ago, Wales Elementary School
fourth-grade teacher Larry Lueck’s teaching methods were
revolutionized.
Lueck had a Promethium board installed in his classroom that
allows him to show his students how to build an electromagnet, do
math problems, look at crystals up close and perform numerous other
tasks - all without having to move more than a couple of inches at a
time.
"It has a wireless keyboard, and I can sit anywhere in the
classroom and pass it off to the kids to let them do something on
the board," he said. "It just has unlimited uses."
The Promethium is just one example of how the traditional
definition of technology in the classroom is changing. Ten years ago
a teacher or administrator would describe a printer or personal
computer as an advancement in classroom learning, but now
interactive equipment is the most coveted equipment.
Educators are looking well beyond traditional computers and
trying to give their students an edge no others have.
